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IVILLIAM FRANKLIN LESLIE, OF NASHVILLE, ARKANSAS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,366, dated April 19, 1887 Application filed December 27, 1886. Serial No. 222,681. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM FRANKLIN LESLIE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nashville, in the county of Howard and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Plows, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in plows; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices, that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a plow embodying myimprovement. Fig.

1 2 is a top plan view of the same, Figs. 3 and 4. are top plan views showing the standards of the plow arranged in different positions. Fig.5 is a side elevation, partly in section, of

' I my invention when adapted for use as a cotton-planter. Fig. 6 is a detailed perspective view of one of the standards and a shovel attached thereto. Fig. 7 is a detailed view of the securing-bolt.

A representsthe plow-beam, which is preferablyabout four feet in length, and is perfectly straight, as shown, and B represents the plow-handles, which have their lower ends secured in boxes 0, which are made of cast metal, and are adapted to engage opposite 3o sides of the beam. Bolts D pass through transverse openings which are made in the plow-handles and in the boxes above and below the plow-beam, the function of the said bolts being to clamp the boxes firmly to the 3 5 plow-beam, and thus secure the handles thereto at any desired longitudinal adjustment.

E represents arms,which are made of metal and are provided at their front ends with tongues or ears F, which are adapted to bear 0 against the sides of the beam, the rear ends of the said arms, and also the tongues or lugs F,

' being arranged at a suitable angle with relation to the intermediate portions of the arms, so that the latter will project obliquely from 5 opposite sides of the plow-beam when the lugs F are secured thereto.

G represents clips, which are adapted to clamp the lugs F firmly against the plow-beam, so as to secure the arms E thereto.

H represents curved plow-standards, which are each made of a curved bar of metal doubled and bent at the center, so as to form a vertical opening between the sides of the standards. Transverse openings I are made in the upper ends of the curved standards, and through the .said openings extend bolts K, the function of tral portion of which is secured on the upper side of the plow-beam by a suitable clip-bolt, M, and the endsof the said brace-bar are secured to the rear ends of the diverging arms E by means of similar clip-bolts, so as to prevent the said arms from bending toward each other under strain.

In Fig. 2 the plow is shown as adapted for use as a doubleshovel cultivator, the front plow-standard being removed from the beam, and the two arms E being arranged in a transverse line with each other, so as so cause the shovels attached to the standards H to run side by side.

In Fig. 3 the plow is shown as adapted for turning in grain, the three shovels being arranged in a single oblique line, one of the arms E being moved forward, and the central standard H being secured to the front end of 8 the remaining arm, and also to the beam.

In Fig. 4 the plow is shown with the arms E moved forward, so as to arrange the shovels attached thereto near the front end of the beam, and the central standard attached to the rear end of the beam just in advance of the handles. I

It is obviousthat still other dispositions may be made of the plows. For instance, the handles may be moved forwardly'a slight distance on the plowbeam, the arms E may be detached from the plow-beam, and the cen tral standard H may be attached directly to the rear end of the plow-beam, and thus form a single-shovel plow.

In Fig. 5 I show my invention adapted for use as a cotton-planter, in which the plow- ICO arms E are arranged side by side and attached to the rear end of the plow-beam, the central standard H is attached directly to the latter near its front end, and a depending rearwardly-curved arm orstandard, M, is attached to the plow-beam in rear of the front standard II. The standard M has its lower end bifurcated and provided with bearing-boxes, in which is journaled an axle, N. Wheels 0 are attached to the extremities of the axle, and are adapted to rotate the same, and the central portion of the axle is provided with radial stirring-fingers P. R represents a hopper, which is made of canvas or other suitable fabric, and has its upper end stretched upon a rectangular frame, S, which is supported upon the plow-beam. The bottom of the hopper is supported by the lower end of the standard M, and is made of sheet metal, as at T, and is provided with an opening, T, hrough which the lower radial fingers project. A furrowopening shovel is attached to the front standard H, and suitable covering-shovels are attached to the rear standard H, and are adapted to cover the seeds which are deposited by the rotating stirring-fingers in the furrow as the machine advances. V

I prefer to employ the usual triangularshaped shovels for my invention, and I find that the said shovels may be made exceedingly serviceable as coverers by simply-reversing them on the standards, so that the broad end of the shovels will be at the lower extremities of the standards, and thus caused to scrape upon the ground. I illustrate a shovel arranged in this manner on a standard in Fig. 6.

Cultivating shovels usually provided for plows have only a single opening, through which a securing-bolt is passed to fasten the shovel to the standard, and this renders the shovel liable to turn on the standard when in operation. I avoid this by placing a small shovel-point, a, in an inverted position on the upper edge of the shovel and bolting the said shovel-point firmly to the standard above the shovel, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5.

Some of the plow-shovels on the market are provided with rectangular countersunk openings adapted to be used in connection with securing-bolts having rectangular heads to fit the said openings, and other shovels are provided with circular countersunk openings adapted to receive securing-bolts having circular heads. This renders it necessary for persons using shovel-plows to be provided with two kinds of bolts, one having the square head and the other having the round head. It is sometimes difficult to procure both kinds of bolts, and so I propose to provide a bolt which is adapted to be used with either sort of shovel-plows To this end I provide the usual bolt, V, having a round head, V, with a rectangular collar, X, having a central the said collar is removed from the bolt the.

flared head of the latter is adapted to fit in the usual round opening of the shovel-plow.

It will be readily understood that if it is desired to use the invention as a harrow, this may be accomplished by removing the standards from the arms E and attaching harrowteeth to the said arms in lieu of the same.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination, with the bolt having the rounded flared head, of the rectangular collar having the countersunk opening to receive the said head, for the purpose set forth, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the plow, of the arm M, secured to the plow-beam and depending therefrom, the shaft N, journaled in the said arm and having the supporting-wheels O and the stirring-fingers P, and the hopper made of flexible material, the rectangular frame S, to distend the upper end of the hopper and suspend the same from the plow-beam, and the rigid plate T, forming the bottom of the hopper, and having the discharge-opening T and the openings in its sides, in which the shaft N turns, substantially as described.

3. The belt V, having the rounded head \V, adapted to fit a countersunk opening in a shovel-plow, and the angular collar adapted to slip on the shank of the bolt and having the countersunk opening in one side, adapted to receive the rounded head of the bolt, so that the face of the latter will be flush with the face of the collar, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the beam, the standard M, secured to the beam and having its lower end bifurcated, an axle journaled in the bifurcated end and carrying supporting-wheels and planting mechanism, and a flexible hopper depending from the beam, having a stiff bottom supported by the lower end of the standard, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of the beam, the arms E, the transverse brace-bar L, and clips securing the arms to the beam, the brace-bar to the beam, and the brace-bar to the arms, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM FRANKLIN LESLIE. 

